Credit: Chris Simpson/Twitter.com
Television star Dr. Mehmet Oz said the first thing the injured woman trapped in her car after an accident Saturday afternoon in Lower Southampton said to him was, “Oh, Dr. Oz.”
Dr. Oz, who has area roots and is married to a Huntingdon Valley native, told LevittownNow.com that he jumped from his car after he saw a head-on crash at Street Road and Philmont Avenue. The crash left the woman trapped and a man in another car with injuries.
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“I thought for sure there would be fatalities,” he said. “Luckily, there were not.”
The doctor and daytime television host said he pulled the woman from her car because it was steaming and oil was dripping. He said the car eventually rolled into a ravine.
Witnesses exclusively told LevittownNow.com on Saturday that Dr. Oz also helped convince the man in the crash that he needed medics to look at a bloody injury he sustained in the crash.
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Several passers by helped out until shocked police and medics arrived. Dr. Oz called the response to the crash the “perfect example of the classic can-do Philly approach.”
Bristol Township residents Tom Stanton, a Newportville Fire Company member, and his 9-month pregnant girlfriend, Lauren McColgan, jumped out and also began to aid at the scene. Chris Simpson, an EMT from Harrisburg, also helped at the scene.
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“The most heroic person at the scene was a pregnant woman who’s an EMT,” Dr. Oz said of McColgan.
“[Dr. Oz] was a personable guy and he talked like he knew everybody,” Stanton said Saturday.
Dr. Oz Show publicist Cheryl Crowley said Tuesday evening the woman hurt in the crash has been invited to a taping of the show.
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Dr. Oz rose to fame after appearances on Oprah He made headlines this summer when he helped save a British tourist after a taxi car jumped onto the curb and mowed her down in New York City. The accident caused the woman the lose her foot, CNN.com reported.
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